And so it begins. Throughout a current look on Fox Information, Home Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed he was in favor of defunding PBS (together with Deliberate Parenthood) as preparations for Donald Trump’s second presidency and a completely Republican-controlled Congress start.
Throughout Trump’s first administration, he repeatedly proposed federal budgets calling for the elimination of government-funded arts packages, together with the Nationwide Endowment for the Arts, the Nationwide Endowment for the Humanities, and the Company for Public Broadcasting. The latter offers funding for PBS, NPR, and different public TV and radio shops.
On the time, these proposals stalled in Congress — even when Republicans held each chambers. Simply this summer season, nevertheless, the Home Appropriations Committee went so far as proposing zero funding for the Company for Public Broadcasting efficient in 2027.
It’s nicely price mentioning that funding for nationwide arts endowments doesn’t even make up a full proportion level of the federal finances. Of the $6.75 trillion spent within the fiscal yr 2024, the NEA and NEH every acquired $207 million. In the meantime, the CPC acquired $535 million.
That quantities to 0.003% every for the NEA and NEH and 0.008% for the CPC. In the meantime, the 2024 federal finances supplied $824.3 billion to the Division of Protection, or roughly 12%.
It actually appears to be like like darkish instances are up forward.
Mike Johnson says he helps defunding PBS and Deliberate Parenthood pic.twitter.com/H4g63Ygi2Z
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 4, 2024